When the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth are aligned in a straight line in a way that the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth, blocking the sunrays then, we witness a solar eclipse. Various parts of India witnessed solar eclipse on Sunday.
The solar eclipse that we are witnessing today is an annular eclipse where the Moon is so far from the Earth that it does not fully cover the Sun and leaves the outer rims visible. This creates a ‘ring of fire’ in the sky.
The solar eclipse began from around 9 am on Sunday across India as the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth came in a straight line and will be visible until 1.50 pm.
The eclipse will continue for over three hours on Sunday covering 84 percent of Sun.
The eclipse will also be visible in Asia, Africa, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, parts of Europe and Australia.
Press Information Bureau in a tweet informed that it is the last annular solar eclipse in India of this decade.
(With inputs from agencies)